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Vietnam: 1945-1975

Vietnam: 1945-1975. Causes, Course, and Outcome of the Vietnam War. Origins. Short History of Early Vietnam Vietnamese Heroes The Trung Sisters Trieu Au. www.google.com/maps. Origins. Vietnamese Independence Kublai Khan Tran Hung Dao. French Rule. French Colonization

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Vietnam: 1945-1975

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  1. Vietnam: 1945-1975 Causes, Course, and Outcome of the Vietnam War

  2. Origins Short History of Early Vietnam Vietnamese Heroes The Trung Sisters Trieu Au www.google.com/maps

  3. Origins Vietnamese Independence Kublai Khan Tran Hung Dao

  4. French Rule French Colonization 19th Century Imperialism French Methods of Control

  5. Ho Chi Minh Born: May 19, 1890 Nghe An Moving to France Paris Peace Conference, 1919 French Communist Party

  6. Ho Chi Minh Living in exile Indochinese Communist Party Impact of WWII on Vietnam Vietminh

  7. Conditions in Vietnam during WWII The role of the Vietminh French Control Japanese Control The U.S. Office of Strategic Services September 2, 1945

  8. French Efforts to Keep Control French Requests The 16th Parallel Chinese Forces British Forces French Restoration of Power Later divided at the 17th parallel

  9. The Indochina War Peace Talks Reasons for Independence Haiphong November 1946

  10. The Indochina War Tactics French Strategy U.S. Policy Ho’s Proposals

  11. The Indochina War Moscow’s Puppet? American beliefs Non-Recognition prejudice and stereotypes

  12. The Indochina War Stalin’s relationship with Ho Chi Minh Intelligence reports French use of the Marshall Plan Keeping Allies

  13. The Indochina War Help from China The Cold War Mentality NSC 68 The Domino Theory

  14. The Indochina War BAO DAI Annan Dean Acheson Vo Nguyen Giap Cao Bang

  15. The Indochina War General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Vietnamese National Army (VNA) American Financial Efforts Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG)

  16. The Indochina War Military Assistance Dynamic Program Operation Lorraine

  17. The Indochina War Eisenhower Dulles General Henri Navarre The Navarre Plan

  18. The Indochina War Giap Dien Bien Phu Long haired army March 13, 1954 American Perspective May 7, 1954 Results

  19. Results Salvaging Southern Vietnam The Geneva Conference April – July 1954 Dulles in Geneva Chinese and Soviet Influence Results of the Conference

  20. A New Era Ngo Dinh Diem October 1955 The Republic of Vietnam South Vietnamese Army Geneva Accords

  21. Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong National Liberation Front “Two Vietnams” Flexible Response

  22. “Flexible Response” Military Advisors Counter-Insurgency Search and Destroy Missions Defoliants Agent Orange

  23. Flexible Response Strategic Hamlet Programs The Green Berets Social And Political Reforms

  24. Ngo Dinh Diem Anti-Buddhist Policies Self Immolations Death of Diem

  25. Self-Immolation

  26. John F. Kennedy The Assassination of John F. Kennedy http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fhw1_jfk-assassination-digitally-remaste_news

  27. Lyndon B. Johnson Continuing Kennedy’s Policies August 2-4, 1964 Maddox Turner Joy “Open Aggression on the high seas”

  28. Escalating The War Vietcong Efforts The Ho Chi Minh Trail Operation Rolling Thunder 100,000 Troops sent in 1965 Napalm

  29. The War at Home The Great Society War on Poverty Credibility Gap War Protests The “poor man’s fight” Effects of Television on the War

  30. 1968 The Tet Offensive January 1968 Psychological Victory My Lai William Calley Jr The 1968 Election

  31. THE TET OFFENSIVE

  32. Enter Richard Nixon The 1968 Election Vietnamization Peace with Honour Laos and Cambodia Nixon Doctrine

  33. Richard Nixon The Draft The Lottery System Continued Protests

  34. Richard Nixon Détente Key Areas: Taiwan, Vietnam, The United Nations, The Soviet Union. Reasons for détente with the PRC? Henry Kissinger’s ‘ping pong’ diplomacy. Henry Kissinger

  35. Richard Nixon Why did China want détente with the USA? Rivals Foreign Policy Issues US withdrawal Worries over Japan On Policy Reflection on the 3rd World

  36. Richard Nixon What did China gain from détente with the United States? UN Membership Results of UN Membership Taiwan Japan Vietnam

  37. Richard Nixon Kent State University (May 1970) The Pentagon Papers (June 1971) The Credibility Gap The Paris Peace Talks May 13, 1972-January 27, 1973 The Paris Peace Accords

  38. Richard Nixon The Watergate Break-in (first story broke June 18, 1972) Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward The 1972 Election Summer 1973 Nixon Resigns (August 1974) Gerald Ford Left: Woodward; Right: Bernstein http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/06/14/VI2007061401076.html?referrer=emaillink

  39. The Effects of The Vietnam War The War Powers Act, 1973 The Vietnam Syndrome The fall of Saigon Results

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